Machine learning prediction of obstructive coronary artery disease using opportunistic coronary calcium and epicardial fat assessments from CT calcium scoring scans
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| author | Lee, Juhwan Hoori, Ammar Hu, Tao Kim, Justin N. Makhlouf, Mohamed H. E. Williams, Michelle C. Newby, David E. Gilkeson, Robert Rajagopalan, Sanjay Wilson, David L. |
| author_facet | Lee, Juhwan Hoori, Ammar Hu, Tao Kim, Justin N. Makhlouf, Mohamed H. E. Williams, Michelle C. Newby, David E. Gilkeson, Robert Rajagopalan, Sanjay Wilson, David L. |
| contents | Non-contrast computed tomography calcium scoring (CTCS) is a cost-effective imaging modality widely used to detect coronary artery calcifications. This study aimed to develop an advanced machine learning framework that utilizes quantitative analyses of coronary calcium and epicardial fat from CTCS images to predict obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). The study population consisted of 1,324 patients from the SCOT-HEART clinical trial who underwent both CTCS and coronary CT angiography. We extracted and analyzed a broad range of features, including 24 clinical variables, 189 calcium-omics, and 211 epicardial fat-omics features from the CTCS images. Feature selection was conducted using the CatBoost algorithm combined with SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) values. Predictive modeling utilized the CatBoost gradient boosting method, focusing on the most informative features. From an initial set of 424 candidate features, 14 were identified as most predictive through the CatBoost-SHAP method. The top two predictive features originated from fat-omics, with the remaining 12 features derived from calcium-omics. The optimized model achieved robust predictive capabilities, demonstrating a sensitivity of 83.1+/-4.6%, specificity of 93.8+/-1.7%, accuracy of 85.3+/-2.0%, and an F1 score of 73.9+/-3.3%. Inclusion of calcium-omics and fat-omics data significantly improved predictive performance. Notably, the model also showed reliable predictive accuracy in patients with diverse coronary calcium scores, including cases with obstructive CAD despite a zero-calcium score. This innovative approach holds promise for improving clinical decision-making and potentially reducing dependence on contrast-enhanced or invasive diagnostic procedures, particularly within low-to intermediate-risk patient groups. |
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| spellingShingle | Machine learning prediction of obstructive coronary artery disease using opportunistic coronary calcium and epicardial fat assessments from CT calcium scoring scans Lee, Juhwan Hoori, Ammar Hu, Tao Kim, Justin N. Makhlouf, Mohamed H. E. Williams, Michelle C. Newby, David E. Gilkeson, Robert Rajagopalan, Sanjay Wilson, David L. Machine Learning Non-contrast computed tomography calcium scoring (CTCS) is a cost-effective imaging modality widely used to detect coronary artery calcifications. This study aimed to develop an advanced machine learning framework that utilizes quantitative analyses of coronary calcium and epicardial fat from CTCS images to predict obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). The study population consisted of 1,324 patients from the SCOT-HEART clinical trial who underwent both CTCS and coronary CT angiography. We extracted and analyzed a broad range of features, including 24 clinical variables, 189 calcium-omics, and 211 epicardial fat-omics features from the CTCS images. Feature selection was conducted using the CatBoost algorithm combined with SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) values. Predictive modeling utilized the CatBoost gradient boosting method, focusing on the most informative features. From an initial set of 424 candidate features, 14 were identified as most predictive through the CatBoost-SHAP method. The top two predictive features originated from fat-omics, with the remaining 12 features derived from calcium-omics. The optimized model achieved robust predictive capabilities, demonstrating a sensitivity of 83.1+/-4.6%, specificity of 93.8+/-1.7%, accuracy of 85.3+/-2.0%, and an F1 score of 73.9+/-3.3%. Inclusion of calcium-omics and fat-omics data significantly improved predictive performance. Notably, the model also showed reliable predictive accuracy in patients with diverse coronary calcium scores, including cases with obstructive CAD despite a zero-calcium score. This innovative approach holds promise for improving clinical decision-making and potentially reducing dependence on contrast-enhanced or invasive diagnostic procedures, particularly within low-to intermediate-risk patient groups. |
| title | Machine learning prediction of obstructive coronary artery disease using opportunistic coronary calcium and epicardial fat assessments from CT calcium scoring scans |
| topic | Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21762 |